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Abortion

abortion n

1:
the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus ;esp:
the medical procedure of inducing expulsion of a human fetus to terminate a pregnancy 2:
the crime of procuring or performing an illegal abortion [a conspiracy to commit "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] see also Roe v. Wade
and Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
in the Important Cases section